List of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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This is a list of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly the Republic of the Congo and Zaire) since the country's independence in 1960.

The current president is Félix Tshisekedi, since 24 January 2019.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties

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Other affiliations

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Symbols

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Status

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Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
Republic of the Congo (1960–1971)
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">1 File:Joseph Kasa-Vubu at the Belgo-Congolese Round Table Conference.jpg Joseph Kasa-Vubu
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1960 1 July 1960 24 November 1965
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Template:Age in years and days ABAKO
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">2 File:Mobutu.jpg Joseph-Désiré Mobutu
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24 November 1965 27 October 1971<ref name="NYT1">Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Age in years and days Military
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style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Text MPR
Republic of Zaire (1971–1997)
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">Template:Small File:Mobutu.jpg Mobutu Sese Seko
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27 October 1971<ref name="NYT1" /> 16 May 1997
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Template:Age in years and days MPR
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–present)
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">3 File:Visit of Laurent Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the EC (cropped2).jpg Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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17 May 1997 16 January 2001
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Template:Age in years and days Independent
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style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">— File:Joseph Kabila April 2016.jpg Joseph Kabila
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17 January 2001 26 January 2001 Template:Age in years and days Independent
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style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">4 2006
2011
17 January 2001 24 January 2019 Template:Age in years and days PPRD
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">5 File:Félix Tshisekedi - 2019 (cropped).jpg Félix Tshisekedi
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2018
2023
24 January 2019 Incumbent Template:Age in years and days UDPS

Timeline

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 from: 16/05/1997 till: 01/01/1998 color:afdl
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Rank by time in office

Rank President Time in office
1 Mobutu Sese Seko Template:Ayd
2 Joseph Kabila Template:Ayd
3 Félix Tshisekedi Template:Ayd
4 Joseph Kasa-Vubu Template:Ayd
5 Laurent-Désiré Kabila Template:Ayd

See also

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Notes

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References

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